Nurse accused of Medicaid fraud

Wednesday

Jan 22, 2014 at 12:01 AMJan 22, 2014 at 11:51 AM

A Marysville nurse was indicted today, accused of fraudulently billing Medicaid for nearly a quarter of a million dollars. Julia A. Andrews, 51, was indicted by a Franklin County grand jury on charges of aggravated theft, falsification in a theft offense and Medicaid fraud.

Jim Woods, The Columbus Dispatch

A Marysville nurse was indicted today, accused of fraudulently billing Medicaid for nearly a quarter of a million dollars.

Julia A. Andrews, 51, was indicted by a Franklin County grand jury on charges of aggravated theft, falsification in a theft offense and Medicaid fraud.

If convicted on all counts, Andrews could be sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison and fined $25,000.

The charges against Andrews allege that she pocketed $232,609 in billings to Medicaid for home-health nursing services that were never provided to a patient.

The case was investigated by the health-care fraud section of the Ohio attorney generalís office.

Andrews also is employed by the State Medical Board of Ohio, but the charges are not related to her work with the medical board, officials said.